Mitch McConnell projected to beat Amy McGrath's well-funded challenge

Mitch McConnell.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is projected to retain his seat for a seventh term, Fox News and Decision Desk HQ project. He faced a well-funded challenge from retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath.

McGrath raised nearly $40 million in the last quarter of her race to unseat McConnell, nearing fundraising records set by fellow Democratic Senate candidates during the 2020 race. But with much of that fundraising money coming from Democrats out of state, it wasn't enough to avoid an early call in McConnell's favor.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.